I igo
Micraiithcmnm orbiadatnm, 1040.
Microglossa altissima, 3S4.
Microloma lineare, 999.
Micronesians, S70, 884.
jMicropns erectus, 468.
Microscopes, 914, 939.
Microstylis monophyllos, 919.
ophioglossoides, 1038.
Middletown, early settlement in
N ew Jersey, 963.
Mignonette, 1020.
Mikania guaco, 1051.
opifera, 1059.
scandens, 993.
Milan, or Mediolanum, Italian city,
on the main route across the
A lp s , 5 ^ 2 , 550, 5 5 3 , 5 7 7 , 5 7 9 - 7 1 0 .
Milan cathedral, 796.
Mildeia, 119.
Miletus, G reek city in A sia Minor,
192, 227-2S, 25Ó.
Milfoil, 170, 409.
Mdium ejfusum, 840.
glaucum, 1064.
midtijlorum, 960.
M ilk thistle, 489-
vetch, 399.
weed, 945, 9S3, 9S6.
Milkwort, 487.
Millei'a biflora, 1009.
quinqueflora, 1009.
Millet, 79, 598, 89S.
Millingtonia {Meliosma) simplicifolia,
278.
Milo, Greek island, 157.
Mimetes cucullata, 1006.
Hartogii, 1006.
hirta, 1006.
Mimosa abstergens, 670.
acle, 917.
[Prosopis) agrestis, 886.
asperata, 950.
balsamica, 662.
Capensis, 766.
casta, 993.
[Dichrostachys) cinerea, 727.
cornigera, 915.
ettaa, 303.
latispinosa, 384.
polydactyla, 975.
pudica, 888.
rtdzricaulis, 692.
sensitiva, 975.
viva, 983.
Mimulus alatus, 1043.
Janiesii, 1062.
Lewisii, 1054.
luteus, 1002.
ringens, 962.
Mimusops elengi, 617.
fnUicosa, 380.
hexandra, 331.
kauki, 415.
kummel, 427.
Mina castle, S42.
Mindanao, island of, 918.
Minerva, worship of, 147, 265, 302,
322, 442.
Ming, twenty-third Chinese dynasty,
791, Soo.
Mingan Isles, 664.
Mint, 190, 227, 2Ó3, 475-935-
Mints for coining money, 680,1041.
Minyae, (Minyan) Greeks, 186, 193.
Mirabilis dichotoma, 821.
jalapa, 820.
longijiora, 915.
Mishawum, or Char lestown, in
Massachusetts, 947.
Mishna, a body of Jewish literature, 53--
Mississippi, North American State,
1061.
River, discovered, S64,881,972,
977-7S, 1004, 1021.
Missouri, N. American State, 1062.
Mistletoe, 1S6.
Mitchella repens, 999.
Mitella diphylla, 973.
grandiflora, 1046.
nuda, 1013.
Mithridate mustard, S i i .
Mithridatea tambourissa, 707.
Mitreola petiolata, 1043.
sessilifolia, 1012.
Mnium roseum, 937.
Moabites, 153, 194.
Moallakat, seven ancient poems
preserved at Mecca, 585, 597.
Mobile, American city, 878.
Mocanera grandiflora, ÓS9.
thurifera, 689.
verniciflua, 689.
Moccasin flower, 772.
Modiola Caroliniana, 1009.
Moehringia muscosa, 912.
Moghulpura, 760.
Mogorium sambac, 537.
Mogul Tartars, 573, 735. 760, 798.^
Mohawk tribe of aboriginal Americans,
944, 957.
Mohria thurifraga, lOOO.
Moldavia, a country of Eastern
Europe, 788.
Mole, 41.
Molina prostrata, 799.
Molinia cceridea, 495.
Mollugo cerviana, 694.
nudicaulis, 984.
oppositifolia, 999.
pantaphylla, 970.
spergula, 737.
strida, 999.
verticillata, 747.
Molothrus pecoris, cow bunting,
8S1.
Moltkia coertdea, 1007.
Molucca Islands, in the Malayan
Archipelago, 208, 795, S65, 884.
Moluccella laevis, 890.
spinosa, 899.
tuberosa, 1033.
Mombasa, city in Ea s t Africa , first
v isited by a European ship, 856, 949- 994-
Momordica balsamina, 87.
charantia, 462.
dioica, 843.
elaterium, 249.
muricata, 974.
myxa, 693.
operadata, lo o i.
Senegalensis, 1049.
trifoliata, 966.
Monarda didyma, 1015.
fistulosa, 948.
punctata, 999.
Monarrhenus rufescens, 1067. *
Monasteries o f the East, Ó21.
of E u rop e , 629, 797.
Monetia barlerioides, 694.
diacantha, 974.
Money, 105, i6 i , 614, 621, 892,955.
first coined in New England,
958; in Maryland, 961.
Money-wort, 655.
Mongol Tartars, 721, 747, 920.
Mongolian race, 275, 7S0, 1030.
Monimia ovalifolia, 1067.
Monina polystachia, 67S.
salicifolia, 678.
Monitor lizard, 12.
Monitors, a kind of iron-clad ves sels,
1071.
Monkey, 68.
Moid:eys-fice tree, 413.
Monks, 655, 867.
Monk's hood, 160.
rhubarb, 679.
Monoceros unicornu, sea unicorn,
689,949.
Monotropa hypopitys, 937.
uniflora, 979.
Monsonia speciosa, gyy.
tenuifolia, 1016.
Monsoons, 335, 482.
Monte Nuo va , elevated near N a p
le s ,.877.
Montelia, see Acziida.
Months, Peruvian, 799.
Mojttia fontana, 337.
Mozitinia acris, 1000.
Montpelier, in France, 919.
Montreal, city on the St. Lawrence,
875.930.985.990.1023-
Monumental history o f Eg ypt, 3,
217, 224, 228, 603.
of Ita ly, 252.
Moon, 269, 323, 917, 939, 1060,
1071.
Moon-wort^ 849.
Moor grass, 840.
Moors, 817, 925.
or Muslims expelled from
Spain, 850, 863, 929.
Moose deer, 948, 955.
Mo oshausick, or Providence city,
949.
Moraea iridioides, 1021.
plicata, 986.
sisyrinchium, 90T.
Mo ra via in A ustria, 639, 56q, 733.
Moravians, Christian sect, 1017.
Morchella esciUenta, 47 5.
Morduans of the Low e r V o lg a , 780,
Marina Persica, 996.
Morinda bracteata, 423.
citrifolia, 561.
tomentosa, 832.
umbellata, 832.
Moringa aptera, 29S.
pterygosperma, 298.
Morisonia Americana, 9S7.
Morning-glory, 628, 9 4 1 .
Mo ro cco leather, iSo.
Mortmain A c t, 756.
Morus alba, 1 9 5 .
Indica, 570.
nigra, 258.
rubra, 770, 877, 880-81, 893.
I tinctoria, 950.
Moschosina polystachya, 381. .
Moschus moschiferus, 555.
Moscow, city in Russia, 725, '° S 9.
Mosques, 614, 620, 641, 656, 658,
665, 676, 787, S30-31, 947.
Mosquito, or gnat, 39.
Mosses, 4, 45° . .
Mosul, city on the Tig ris , 106S.
Moth, the clothes-moth, 56.
Mothei'wort, 733.
Mould, 4y^-
Moultan, city in Hindustan, 047.
Mounds (Ohio and Mis s .), 756.
Mount A rara t, 800, 1066.
Desert, in Maine, 932.
Mountains, height of, 347.
Mouse, 25, 453.
Mouse-ear, 479, 75^-
tail, 551-
Mo v ab le types, 676, 815.
Moxa, for cautery in China and
Japan, 210, 7S 1 , 80S.
Mozambique, city of, v is ited by
Europeans, 856, 859.
Mrichchhakati, Sanscrit drama,
605-6.
Mucor inucedo, 475.
MuciLua gigantea, 727.
pruriens, 674.
prurita, 699.
zirens, 950.
Mudarine, 596.
Mugivort, 83.
Muhlenbergia capillaris, 1039.
cephalophora, 1053-
conoidea, 1053.
dijfitsa, 1033.
■ festucacea, 1053.
fld la ta , 1053.
glomerata, 1044.
granularis, 1053.
grisea, 1053.
hystricina, 1053.
Muhlenbergia lactistris, 1053.
lagopodioides, 1053.
lupidina, 1053.
Mexicana, 1028, 1031.
miliacea, 1053-
oligocarpa, 1053.
pedimcida, 1053.
pubescens, 1053.
retroflexa, 1053.
rosea, 1053-
scoparia, 1053.
sobolifera, 1060.
sparganioides, 1053.
stipata, 1053.
straminea, 1053.
sylvatica, 1060.
tentacidata, 1053.
tetanica, 1053-
trichocarpa, 1053.
umbellata, 1053.
varia, 1053.
vestita, 1053.
virescens, 1053.
Willdenovii, 1049.
Mukdishu, city in Ea s t A fr ica , 652.
Mukia scabrella, 700.
Mulamuli, Buddhist book, 43^-
Midberry, 195. 238, 538. 57° , 584.
591. 770. 9°9. 945-
Midgedium alpinum, 828.
Floridanum, see leucophoeum.
leucophoeum, 9 6 9 -
■macrophyllum, 1016.
perenne, 888.
pulchellum, 1057.
Sibericum, S28.
Midlein, 284, 2S7. 637, 9 1 4 .
Mtdlera moniliformis, 1004.
Mullet, the fish, 24.
Mummy cases, 106, 221.
. rags, 1071.
Mummies, 122, 130, 443, 54S, 1071
Munchausia speciosa, 845.
Muntingia calabura. 9S6.
Muraena, or speckled eel, 32.
Murex trunculus, 142.
Muricia Cochinchinensis, 399.
Murraya exotica, 60S.
may-kay, 27S.
sp., 590.
Murrhine vases, 483.
Murucuia ocellata, 9S7.
Mus decumanus, 757, 862.
musculus, the mouse, 25.
rattus, 665.
sylvaticus , 452.
Musa basito, 561.
I ensete, 818.
nero, sp., 369
paradisica, 277, 917.
sapientum, 663, 976,
troglodytarum, 966.
Musca domestica, house-fly, 878
vomitoria, 24.
Muscari comosum, 273.
moschatum, 889.
Muscari racemosum, 351.
spicatum, 494.
Muscat, city on the Persian Gulf,
527. 831, 960.
Musci incert., 418.
Muscicapa tyrannus, king-bird, 954.
Mushrooms, 155, 392, 407, 521, 53° ’
Music, 3, 154, 293. 668.
Musical instruments, 218, 800.
Musk, 555, 884.
Musk-duck, 615.
Musk-melon, 944.
Muslim C y c le , 30 lunar years, 203.
garrison, 668.
Period, 603.
Muslims, 601-3, 605, 607, 611, 613,
615, 618-21, 623, 629, 631, 641,
664, 667, 678, 683, 740, 846.
Musscetida frondosa, 300.
Mustard, 246, 387, 504, 634, 847-
tree, 426.
Mustela erminea, 124, 452, 75S.
ferret, 52.
foina, 156, 452.
martes, 52, 136, 452.
putorius, 136, 452.
zibellinus, 752, 758.
Myagrum dentatum, 1009.
perenne, 937.
perfoliatum, S94.
rugosum, 894.
saxatile, 918.
Mycenae, city of, 155.
Myddfai, family of Welsh phi'si-
cians, 722.
Myginda myrsinites, 1046.
Mylocarium ligustrinum, 1033.
Myosotis Apula, 934.
arvensis, 837.
glomerata, 1057.
palustris, 870.
pectinata, 1032.
rupestris, 1032.
scorpioides, 850.
Myosurus minimus, 551.
Myoxus glis, dormouse, 320.
Myrica Aethiopica, 1000.
Carolinensis, 771.
cerifera, 771, 90S.
cordifolia, 229.
Faya, 960.
gale, 635, 969.
inodora, 1033.
nageia, see Nageui.
quercifolia, 993.
sapida, 26S.
serrata, 1000.
Myriophyllum alternifolium, 105S.
heterophyllum, 104a
scabratum, 1040.
spicatum, 409.
ten d lum, 1063.
verticillatum. S05.
Myristica amyga'alirsa. 278.
Ma/ahtriea, 505.
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